Mansaray Surname
Approximately 182,095 people bear this surname
Mansaray Surname User-submission:
In Mandinka (Mandingo), the word Mansa means 'sultan' (king) or 'emperor'.
It is particularly associated with the Keita Dynasty of the Mali Empire, which dominated West Africa from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century.
Read More About This SurnameMansaray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 177,482 | 1:40 | 8 |
| Gambia | 1,617 | 1:1,190 | 167 |
| United States | 1,009 | 1:359,226 | 32,054 |
| England | 537 | 1:103,758 | 10,896 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Liberia | 482 | 1:9,146 | 1,030 |
| Australia | 112 | 1:241,033 | 22,440 |
| Canada | 98 | 1:375,975 | 33,576 |
| Netherlands | 57 | 1:296,266 | 35,624 |
| Spain | 42 | 1:1,113,144 | 39,565 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Guinea | 3 | 1:3,944,606 | 2,522 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Mansaray (78) may also be a first name.
Mansaray Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
In Mandinka (Mandingo), the word Mansa means 'sultan' (king) or 'emperor'.
It is particularly associated with the Keita Dynasty of the Mali Empire, which dominated West Africa from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century.
- manseMansaray Demographics
Average Male Mansaray Height
173.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mansaray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mansaray Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mansaray (Hindi: मन्साराय, Marathi: मन्साराय) is carried by more people in Sierra Leone than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mansaray? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mansaray is the 3,100th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 40,021 people. The last name Mansaray is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mansaray live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mansaray is also the 1,091,646th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 78 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Sierra Leone, where it is held by 177,482 people, or 1 in 40. Not including Sierra Leone Mansaray occurs in 56 countries. It is also common in The Gambia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Mansaray Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Mansaray surname are 40.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.86% being registered with the party.
The amount Mansaray earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 24.89% less than the national average, earning 259,957 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.89% less than the national average, earning $37,589 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.27% less than the national average, earning $32,656 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mansaray Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mansaray in the Hindi language | ||
| मन्साराय | mansaraya | - |
| Mansaray in the Marathi language | ||
| मन्साराय | mansaraya | - |
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